The Independent reports that the White House has called for Mike Pence to apologize for what it called a “homophobic” joke about Pete Buttigieg’s decision to take paternity leave when his twins were born.
Pence said Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabinet secretary, took “maternity leave” while airline problems happened in 2021.
“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression,” Pence said at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday.
That’s a good joke. What a nation of whiny crybabies we have become.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “He should apologize to women and LGBTQ people, who are entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.”
The White House recently gave a “Women of Courage” award to a man so they have no moral standing to talk about treating women with dignity and respect.
And why would being gay entitle anyone to be treated with dignity and respect? Jeffrey Dahmer was gay, right? And John Wayne Gacy? How much dignity and respect are they entitled to?
If you’re gay, you’re gay. Not everyone is going to shower you with dignity and respect. Why do you care anyway?
I’m not saying gay people shouldn’t be treated with dignity and respect, I’m saying they shouldn’t be treated with any more dignity and respect than anyone else just because they’re gay.